A/N: You must forgive me, I know nothing of the legal system, or anything like that so this will more than likely not come out well. I apologize beforehand.

...I just realized..I can't remember if I have put a disclaimer up or not...I don't anything, just so you know.

I'm also sorry for being a week later than I wanted to be. I felt horrible last week and didn't finish anywhere near enough to put up.

Chapter Five

Rei looked up from her book as Kai came in the fron door, slamming it as he carelessly dropped his briefcase to the floor. Rei heard him sigh as he came into the living loosening his tie as he staggered towards her, slumping down on the couch next to her. It had been a few weeks sine Rei had come out about the abuse from her step father. She was surprised and grateful that Kai had offered to do most of the court work for/with her since she really didn't think she could handle it.

Kai had actually just come back from talking with Mr. Shang's lawyer. Shang was trying to deny everything right now, but Kai was trying to get them to search the house for any evidence. Rei had, reluctantly, already been examined for signs of sexual abuse, but it had been a while and anything suggesting more than rough sex had healed. And the bruises could be somewhat disregarded because she danced and could easily hurt herself in that line of work.

Kai sighed again as he spied the day's newspaper. He didn't take the time to read it, but prominently displayed on the front page were his and Rei's school photos, meaning the headline definitely had something to do with the court case. They had tried to keep everything from going public, but as soon as Kai had gotten in the mix, it seemed they were always on the front page. He hated being rich sometimes. This was starting to remind him of when his grandfather had died and he'd been unable to sneeze without the paparazzi knowing about it.

He let loose a contented groan as he felt Rei's hands on his shoulders and neck, massaging gently as she always did when he came back stressed and tired. She ignored his muttered 'thanks,' continuing the massage. "You need to go soak in the tub for a while and get out of this suit. I'll bring you something to eat in a little while and give you a full back massage before you go to bed, okay?"

The two had become extremely close in the weeks since. So close in fact, that Tala barely escaped daily injury for all the married couple jokes. "Alright, Rei. See you in a bit." He headed up the stairs and into his bedroom where he discarded his clothes in a heap on the floor and walked naked into his bathroom. He started the bath, adding bubbles (a secret only Rei knew) and making sure ti was the perfect temperature before turning off the faucet an sliding in with a groan of relief.

It was about a half hour later that Rei came up, carrying a tray of food with her. She set it on the desk before fishing out some clothes for Kai to sleep in since he more than likely forgot to get any. She looked into the bathroom-via the door that Kai had left open-and noticed the other had fallen into a light doze while relaxing. She smiled as she walked into the bathroom and crouched next to the tub, letting herself enjoy the staring for a while longing before waking the other. "Kai, it's time to eat and go to bed. You'll get sick if you stay in the tub all night, come on."

The other jerked awake and upon seeing the other gave what could have been called a squeak and moving his hands to cover himself. He then realized that the bubbles covered him and that he had nothing to worry about. "You can't sneak up on my like that. It's not nice." he gave an almost pout at her and she just giggled. He wasn't really embarrassed that she had caught him in the bath, seeing as it wasn't the first time )they had all but seen each other naked), but more on the fact that she had snuck up on him and made him squeak like that (he would later deny ever making such a sound).

"Well I just thought you'd like to know your food's ready." she placed a towel and his clothes on the sink before leaving the bathroom and shutting the door behind her. She giggled from behind the door as she heard him grumbling about her and her cat-likeness. Moments later he emerged from the bathroom, toweling his hair. "See? Don't you feel better now?" He gave a little nod as he went over to th desk where the food was and started gobbling it down. Well...he would have if no for his proper upbringing. "You didn't eat breakfast, did you Kai?"

"Didn't have time. Meeting with the judge ran over and I was with Shang until late." he muttered around mouthfuls.

"You need to take care of your health though or you'll get sick and end up in the hospital with malnutrition." She shook her head at him as he continued to eat. "Finish that and get in bed and I'll be back to give you your massage in a bit. Gotta go find the lotion first." When she came back a few minutes later, Kai was laying on his stomach under the covers in just his sweat pants, the t-shirt he had been wearing laying over the back of the desk chair.

She went around, turning off all the lights except for a lamp next to the bed before she stared on her massage. She folded the shirt covering Kai down to his hips before straddling him and getting to work on his back. She warmed the lotion in her hands before setting them to work on the young man's back. After a few moments and contented sighs and moans, she moved from his shoulder blades to his lower back, sitting lower on his thighs so she could reach. "How does that feel?"

"Wonderful, as always Rei. The touch of a goddess." She chuckled at the half asleep compliment. Usually, being like this with anyone would make her way to nervous, but with Kai she felt safe and comforted. She just never made him roll over or get off his stomach in anyway after a massage like that. She had discovered that he, just like any other teenage boy, responded positively to having a girl sitting on him like that and touching his intimately. She had to admit that it had frightened her at first until they had straightened things out and she had realized that it was a natural thing for almost any guy.

"So, what 's got you all worked up today?" Rei paused in her massage to got more lotion before moving on to his arms.

"I'm trying to get this moving as quickly as possible, but Shang's doing everything he can to deter us. It's so frustrating. We should be going to court in a week or two. We tried all we could but, you're going to have to testify against him. Are you going to be able to do that?" He felt a drop or two of warm tears land on his back.

"Are you sure there's no way around it?" She moved off his back at this point, sitting on the edge of the bed.

Kai sat up and moved to sit next to the distraught girl. "You will have to be there, because you are the one filing the charges."

"I..I think I'll be fine with that. But..., I don't think I'll be able to go up there and talk about what he did! I still have nightmare's Kai! I wake up screaming sometimes still! I...I don't know if I'll be able to keep my composure just seeing him. Right now the thought of seeing him terrifies me. If, for some reason, I go back to him after this...I have no doubt I'll last a day before he...or I... end my life." She stood and went to the bathroom to wash the lotion off her hands, returning with a cloth to wash the lotion off Kai's back and arms.

The cloth was dropped to the floor as Kai pulled Rei into a hug. Rei snuggled against, hugging him just as tightly to herself. Kai moved them to laying down on the bed, shift her to lay mostly next to him to avoid the stimulation to his waning erection. Rei noticed the slight hardness and shifted so she was laying nest to him with her head on his chest and her arms around her middle.

It was some time later that Kai sat up to turn off the lamp before cuddling back next to Rei. "You want to stay here tonight?" She nodded, moving so he could pull the blanket out from under them so they could lay under it. They got back snuggled together before Kai spoke again. "So how was dance class?" They had arranged for Rei's teacher to come and teacher a private lesson for Rei.

"Everything was fine. I-uh...I'm gonna try to be in the recital in two months. Do you think this will all be over by then?"

Kai sighed. "It's already been a month and a half. I hope this will be over quick. It'd be best for all involved. You do know that we can't put him away for more than 20 years or so, right? Unless we can get him for something else. Do you know anything, anything at all?" Kai watched the thoughtful look on Rei's face.

"I know a couple years ago he was selling meth, coke, stuff like that. I don't know if he still is, though."

"That might be enough to get a warrant for suspicion to search the house. If we find anything that could add 10, 20 more years, depending on what we find."

"How are Tala and Bryan doing?"

"Heh. They've been acting as bodyguards for me. Or at least Bryan has for me and Tala. Did I tell you they are going out officially as of 5 days ago."

Rei let out a little giggle. "I saw that coming. What took them so long?"

"Tala always said he wouldn't date Bryan until he fucked him...and Tala got him smashed the other night, just enough for him to lose his inhibitions. Tala is still having trouble walking straight...though that may be the fact that they have spent every night together since then." They spent a few minutes quelling their laughter. "Oh, Tala said he's going to stop by tomorrow to try and cheer you up. He said he's going to try to get you to go out shopping with him."

"Why me? Why?" Rei gave a dramatic groan.

"Well, he and Bryan are going clubbing and they want us to go along with them. What do you think? It'd do us both good to get out of the house and get our minds off all this, hm?"

"That might be a good idea. It'd be nice to get out for a while, I guess." There was a lull of silence. "Have you done any of your school work?"

"Sigh I'm a week behind on math and science but I'm a day or two ahead on everything else. You?"

"I've been getting it done each day. I need you to drop it by the school at some point. Are they giving us till all this is over to go back to school or do we have to go back soon?" Rei yawned.

"I'll talk to them when I drop off out school work, but they should let us off. A couple of the teachers said they were going to stop by ane test us on our studies, so make sure you understand everything.." Kai yawned as well.

"'Kay." They continued talking until they were to exhausted to string together more than mumbles and incomprensibles.(not a real word...meh)